Accident
Whilst competing in the boys' race at the sports on Wednesday, a lad named Turner, son of Mr. J. Turner, of John- street, met with a nasty accident…
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Driver's Opinion. Accident Not Unexpected
A well-known engine driver states that the accident was not unexpected, as the spot was the most treacherous on the southern line. They always…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A W F U L Railway Catastrophe. Worst in the History of New South Wales. Temora Mail Train and Goods Train Collide at Exeter. Signals Against the Mail Train. Fourteen Killed; Many Injured. Goods Train Too Long for Loop
The most terrible accident that has ever been recorded in the animals of the New South Wales railways occurred at Exeter, on the main Southern line, just before…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fifty Women and Children Drowned. Collision at Venice. Rome
A torpedo boat going at high speed collided with a launch in the grand canal at Venice, and 50 of the launch's passengers, who were chiefly women and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Exeter Collision. the Inquest. Sydney
When the inquest on the victims of the Exeter railway collision, on Friday, was resumed to-day, at Bowral Court House, doctors described the injuries, and gave…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Awful Train Disaster. Fourteen Passengers Killed. Others Seriously Injured
Exeter, a small station on the main line from Sydney, between Moss Vale and Goulburn, was the scene of an awful railway disaster on Friday night…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cablegrams. Thrilling Battle with Sea. Rowing Boats Capsized. Captain of S[?]mer Drowned. Halifax ([?]Scotia)
Thrilling scenes and great heroism marked the wreck of the steamer City of Sydney, on Wednesday, off Sambre, a small village on the Nova Scotian coast, 10 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Driver of Hearse Drowned. Sydney
An undertaker's employe at Goulburn named Patrick Murphy was yesterday driving, a hearse, when the vehicle capsized into a creek which had been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Exeter Train Collision. Miss Lilian Heaver Admitted to Hospital. Sydney
MISS Lilian Heaver, whose father, sister, and sister-in-law were killed in the Exeter train smash last Saturday week, and who was believed to have escaped…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Canal Disaster in Venice. Fifty Persons Drowned. Lieutenant's Vain Heroism. Rome
A profound sensation has been created in Venice by the disaster which occurred on the Grand Canal on Friday morning, when a torpedo-boat ran down and sank a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy Rainstorm in Sydney. The City and Suburbs Flooded. A Man Drowned at Parramatta
A terrific rainstorm broke over Sydney on Friday night, said to be the severest since 1878. The showers were unable to cope with the stormwater, and nearly all…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents at Rosehill. W.h. Smith Inured
There were three harmless falls in the Hurdle Race at Rosehill on Saturday, but those accidents were eclipsed by an accident in the Rosehill Cup. The favorite…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →JOCKEY W. H. Smith Dies. Injured at Rosehill. Sydney
News has been received of the death of W. H. Smith, the well-known jockey, which occurred at 4.30 a.m. to-day at his home. Auburn road, Auburn, Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rosehill Accident. Popular Jockey Dead
Sportsmen throughout the Common-wealth and New Zealand will learn with regret of the death of the great light-weight jockey. W. H. Smith, which…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Motor Fatality at the Rock
A collision which occurred in Urana street. The Rock, on Thursday, resulted in Mr. H. B. Rush, building contractor, sustaining shocking injuries to the head,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Serious Accident to Spectators. 11 People Badly Injured
An impromptu stand which had been erected on a barge at Hammersmith collapsed, and a hundred spectators were thrown on to the barge. Fourteen…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man's Head Cut Off. Level Crossing Collision. Hobart
As the result of a collision between a train and a four-wheeled vehicle drawn by two horses at a level crossing near North Bridgewater last night. Albert…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Clergyman's Dreadful Accident Rev. J. Bean of Germanton for Two Hours on Road with Skull Fractured
A painful sensation, succeeded by a gloom passed through Germanton last evening, when the news of a dreadful accident which happened to one of its most…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident at the "Death" Trap." Carriage Leaves Points. Sydney
Granville railway station was the scene of a remarkable accident yesterday. The Parramatta to Sydney train was held up by the signal, waiting the arrival…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Clergyman's Dreadful Accident. Rev. J. Bean, of Germanton, Passes Away
The Rev. James Bean, Church of England clergyman, of Germanton, is dead. As reported in yesterday's issued, the deceased gentleman was found on Sunday…
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